the guy had nearly 80 calls to the police in a 6 month span or so.
I think he probably needs to be checked for mental health as well. Unless a significant portion of these were calls of actual arrests and not his suspicion, it really sounds like he's a paranoid schizophrenic with a gun.
I probably doubled that. Most people see things today and don't do anything.
I walk my dog way off hours. I have reported and witnessed someone being beaten up and ended up with a freaking knife in his back no one realized, many car break ins, many domestic disputes (one that the guy told me he'd kill me if I called the police, I still did; he tried to jump in his car and get away fast and then ended up with his wheels in the air on a wall across the street), prowlers, water mains breaking, lights out, etc.
I have made a fucking lot of calls all for issues. I don't usually call when I first see them either (except the crimes above).
So many of you are allowing this to just happen from everyone knowing everyone is too scared to report things.
No one is going to be able to 'trace you' (the most common reason why people don't report things). You may get slapped or hit at the most.
Yeah, I am sure if you reported and messed up some billion dollar arms trade, you'd end up dead. Chances are for almost all of us, we wouldn't.
All these simple and petty crimes you see but ignore, they will never kill you.